- Reference
- Nuytsia 17:470-472, Fig. 1 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, to 0.5 m high. Fl. yellow/red, Sep to Oct. Red-brown clay loam, red clay loam over granite, gravel. Small depressions.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, not continuous with stem, 0.5-7 mm long, 0.3-1.6 mm wide, glabrous, flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves or present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2-2.3 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 4-4.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-7.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6.5-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.5-6.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5-6 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.5-5.8 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 3-4 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Mardabilla, Merredin, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Yilgarn.